{"id":466320,"date":"2025-12-23T09:41:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T09:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/466320\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T09:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T09:41:37","slug":"study-san-antonios-rental-market-now-more-competitive-than-austins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/466320\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: San Antonio’s rental market now more competitive than Austin’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Axis at The Rim is just one of the new-build apartment complexes to go up in San Antonio in recent years. Credit: Courtesy of Axis at the Rim<\/p>\n

After years of runaway growth, demand for housing in the boomtown of Austin is subsiding \u2014 so much so that it\u2019s now harder to find an apartment in San Antonio, a new study by rental management platform RentCafe found<\/a>. <\/p>\n

According to the analysis, Austin emerged as the easiest big Texas city in which to find housing between January and September 2025. Researchers gave the state capital a \u201ccompetitive score\u201d of just 64.3.<\/p>\n

The score is calculated using metrics including average days of vacancy, the percentage of occupied apartments, prospective renters per vacant apartment and lease renewal rates, according to RentCafe.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, San Antonio has a score of 66.5.<\/p>\n

RentCafe attributed the Alamo City\u2019s more competitive market to more people renewing their leases than looking for new places. That, in turn, decreased market inventory.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Austin\u2019s decline in competitiveness comes down to overbuilding, according to the study. Apartments in that city have now reached a saturation point.<\/p>\n

Houston was the most competitive rental market in Texas this year, followed by Fort Worth and Dallas. San Antonio and Austin, in respective order, rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n

Despite real estate cooling off, RentCafe analysts predict the rental market will remain hot in 2026, especially during the peak summer months.<\/p>\n

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